Martha (Gold) Sherman (bef. 1708 - 1770)

Born before 8 Feb 1708 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Died 18 Jan 1770 after age 61 in West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Martha Gold was born on 8 Feb 1707 to Deputy Governor Nathan Gold and his second wife Sarah _____.

She married Samuel Sherman 4 April 1728

Children:

• Martha b.18 May 1729 - 1746
• Eunice b.14 June 1730; married 12 June 1755 Samuel Humphreville
• Sarah b.28 March 1732 ; married Deacon Nathaniel Smith; died 10 June 1817
• John b.22 Feb 1734; married Rebecca Painter;
• Lydia b. 9 June 1736; married Samuel Candee; died 24 April 1811
• Dinah b. 5 Feb 1739; married 29 March 1759 Samuel Smith; d. 1800
• Samuel b.8 April 1740; married Molly Clark;
• Elizabeth b.1742; married Jesse Stevens
• Rebecca b. 28 April 1744; married Philemon Smith; d. 15 Jan 1813
• Gold b.13 Sept 1746; married Philomela Cook; d. 6 Feb 1777
• Nathan b.29 July 1751

Sources

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 377.

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 7, p 1703.

• By Roy V. Sherman:; The New England Shermans:; Palo Alto, CA:; 1974:; page 44

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Phippen Family and Wife of Nathan Gold of Fairfield, Connecticut, The American Genealogist (1940) Vol. 17, Page 16.